![At Amillafushi in Baa Atoll, guests are required to undergo a second COVID-19 test on arrival, so they can enjoy a mask-free holiday [Courtesy of Amillafushi]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Amillafushi.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Maldives introduces one of the most open border policies in the world as COVID-19 devastates lucrative tourism sector.
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![Ahmed Adeeb pleaded guilty in September under a plea bargain [File: Sinan Hussain/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/38ce849044c0405cb2a95f74b5e2f9d4_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Criminal Court charged Adeeb with embezzlement, money laundering and misuse of gov’t authority among other offences.
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British-Lebanese lawyer said she is delighted to represent the Rohingya before the International...
![Chief Justice Ahmed Abdulla Didi and judge Adam Mohamed Abdulla are accused by parliament-appointed judicial watchdog of violating the constitution and 'usurping' powers of parliament [File: Mohamed Sharuhaan/The Associated Press]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/e1a96af9cc4b4b089dedbf1c46f591a9_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
69 mostly ruling party lawmakers voted to impeach chief justice and the judge, but opposition is...
101 East investigates why young men leave the tourist paradise of the Maldives to take up arms in Syria.
![Ahmed Rilwan reported on the al-Nusra Front's recruitment efforts before his abduction [File: Sharif Ali/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/f7f9f52a4d984efda1a4a39eb37885e3_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Investigator says Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla’s 2014 killing was part of a series of attacks aimed at silencing liberal voices.
![Ahmed Adeeb spent three years in jail on charges of money laundering and trying to assassinate a sitting president [Sinan Hussain/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/38ce849044c0405cb2a95f74b5e2f9d4_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Ahmed Adeeb, who faces trial for spearheading Maldives’ biggest corruption scandal, fled to India as a ship stowaway.
![Ahmed Adeeb, (right), was freed from house imprisonment in mid July [Ahmed Shurau/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/e47b9e6dc2384bdb8d4da8e28a52bb78_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Ahmed Adeeb spent three years in jail on charges of money laundering and trying to assassinate a sitting president.
![President Solih and his predecessor Nasheed on election night in Male on Saturday [Ashwa Faheem/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2b9db6e4019f4690af99e85fcaa38c66_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Mohamed Nasheed vows sweeping reforms and an end to corruption after leading his party to a landslide victory.
![Abdulla Yameen, accused of corruption and human rights abuses, lost a presidential election in September [File: Fred Dufour/ Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/72335bf9cf5c4d939bceaa2f37dbdfd9_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Court orders Abdulla Yameen be held in custody until the end of a trial on money laundering charges, say local media.
![Yameen, who suffered a decisive defeat in a presidential election in September, denies any wrongdoing [File: Handout/ Maldives presidency]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/716301dfcc424719808feb2fefb11bfa_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Criminal charges relate to claims Abdulla Yameen received $1m of government money into his private account.
![Long dogged by allegations of corruption, Yameen suffered a decisive defeat in an election in September [File: Eranga Jayawardena/ AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/6a9508317fbe40d5821a9b362e70ed4e_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Abdulla Yameen questioned for first time over allegations of ‘illicit financial transactions’ while in office.
Police summon ex-leader for questioning as court freezes accounts over allegations of ‘illicit financial transactions’.
![Nasheed was expected to contest the September poll but was barred on account of his conviction [File:Ashwa Faheem/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/8c4d87af588d433f81d3322be395d4c4_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The Maldives Supreme Court has canceled former president Mohamed Nasheed’s 13-year jail sentence.